Hands That Mould

Industrious Men and women Ready always To help their fellow creatures Most of them were craftspeople Although many were poor from over there In calmer times they managed to Confine their activities to prayer As the service of god Soothed the most hostile of conditions Indeed the state could harness Remarkable power The increased proselytizing attracted the attention of the authorities And eventually investigations were made These investigations showed that our enemies Were endlessly fostering the propagation of belief from the other side In order to undermine our values and structures And the military might of our people And so they said our special name Knowing it was forbidden It only became too evident at the breakout That a danger would have arisen With the increased energy and fanatical will The witnesses would have had So they were taken in custody And put to work in the city A little sleep, a little slumber, A folding of the hands to rest And poverty will come upon you And bring a snake into your nest And scarcity the broken man A villain and a troublemaker Speaks with a corrupted mouth And brings a poison to your cup I can suffer all this pain Through him who gives to me my strength Those who work the land will have A piece of food a drop to drink May the favour of The Lord Our God Rest on us and give us work Help us work our hands for us Yes, establish the work of our hands The witnesses were industrious and reliable workers And could be sent out to work without the clock It was indeed their wish to suffer this imprisonment Despite collectively disavowing their god And those who stubbornly refused to do any work at all For the greater good Wore bandages to cover their eyes They were pure – they couldn't see – they didn't want to see They were strong to not heed the roll call And would parade in a disorderly crowd Members under arrest International association of witnesses They knew nothing about the organisation And easy to put to good use Only the officials who distributed the endless imagery Ushering them in and out of their workplaces They were completely ignorant Contracts printed out in an advert break The roll call commercial Alluring, we called it